Improvement in trunks



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Iietters Patent No. 113,715, dated April 11, 1871.

IMPROVEMENT IN TRUNKS.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part:` ofthe same.

I, J cHN YOUNG, of Buifalo, in the county of Erie and State of New York,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Trunks, of whichthe following is a specification.

Nature of the Invention.

Myvinvention'relates to traveling-trunks composed of sheet-steel, andconsists in the manner of over'- lapping and securing the corners oredges, as hereinafter' fully set forth.

General Description.

In the drawing- Figure 1 is a perspective view of a metal trunkconstrncted in my improved manner.

-Figures 2 and 3 are variations in the manner of securing the corners bymeans of bent steel clamps.

A is the body, and Y A the cover of the trunk, composed entirely ofsheet metal which will resist severe'blows and concessions, and thatwill not dent or be knocked to pieces, and which will spring back intoplace after concussione My method of putting the trunk together consistsin having the sides overlap the ends on the outside, and the endsoverlap the sides on the inside, or nice versa, asV shown at p p. Thispresents a round, nnbroken, and firm edge and corner, very desirable inthese days of hard usage.

My method of fastening the ends or corners is also an important feature.If the overlapped sides and ends were left merely with a straight edgeand fastened together' in a straight line, the consecutive perforationswould have a tendency to break away, or at least weaken the'ends andsides.

-To avoid this I cut the edges into a series of notches, a a', eitherpointed, as in iig. l, or rounded, as shown in fig. 2. v

Each of these notches or points a a', which represents a clamp, isriveted through and through, and if necessary rivets are also putthrough at each inner point. y

The top A is formed precisely like the bottom or body of the trunk, andthe usual stii'ening frames b b are used to assist in keeping the shapeof the trunk.

This method of construction may be used in trunks made of other materialthan steel.

Fig. 2 shows the end of a trunk whose edges meet at the corners, and arethen inclosed all around, inside as well as outside if necessary, by abent steel clamp, thetop B' made and bent in one piece, and the bottom Balso in one piece, notched on the edges at e e', and riveted through, asin fig. l.

For general use the clamp shown in Iig. 2 will be best. For a verystrong and more expensive trunk that shown iniig. l is preferable:

What I claim as my invention is- The sheet-steel trunk, provided withthe steel clamps B B', each bent in a'single piece to extend over thecorners and around the outside and inside edges of the trunk-top andbottom, and provided with the rounded or notched edges which are rivetedthrough and through, as and for the -purpose speciiied.

yIn witness whereof I have hereunto signed my name in the presence oftwo subscribing witnesses.

JOHN LY OUN G.

Witnesses z l J. R. BRAKE,

C. N. WooDwARD.

